JavaScript Absolute Beginner’s Guide

By Kirupa Chinnathambi

Make the most of JavaScript — even if you’ve never programmed anything before. This book is the fastest way to learn JavaScript and use it together with CSS3 and HTML5 to create powerful web and mobile experiences. Learn how to do what you want, the way you want, one incredibly easy step at a time. JavaScript has never been this simple!

This is the easiest, most practical beginner’s guide to programming JavaScript with simple, reliable instructions for doing everything you really want to do! Here’s a small sample of what you’ll learn:

Learn why JavaScript is awesome

Organize your code with variables

Understand how functions make your code reusable

Use the popular if/else statement to help make a decision in code

Learn about switch statements and when to use them

Work with for, while, and do…while loops

Learn how to use global and local scope

Understand what closures are

Learn about the various places your code can live

Understand how to write comments and good commenting practices

Learn about the basic types of objects you’ll run into in JavaScript

Find out that pizza has an educational value beyond just being deliciously awesome